“Jackie Chan: My Story” is a documentary all about the life and career of action movie legend Jackie Chan (“Operation Condor”, “Rush Hour 2”). For his fans, this is a really fun insight into the career of a movie star that has made countless hours of great entertainment.

We to get to learn quite a fair amount about Jackie, starting with his childhood training in Chinese opera. We then move into his entry into the world of martial arts cinema to his huge success in the film industry. We also cover his attempts to break into the American movie market, something he finally achieved with “Rumble In The Bronx”.

We get to see Jackie speak a lot about his life and most of it is relatively interesting. Interviewees include other action stars such as Sylvester Stallone (“First Blood”), Michelle Yeoh (“Tomorrow Never Dies”) and Sammo Hung (“Enter The Fat Dragon”). Unfortunately, this documentary was made while Chan was working on “Burn Hollywood Burn”, an awful film that he barely even appears in. This means that we also have pointless interviews with Whoopi Goldberg (“Sister Act”) and Arthur Hiller (“See No Evil, Hear No Evil”). Most of the interviews are not that great but the stuff with Jackie is good.

“Jackie Chan: My Story” will delight fans of the superstar. I’m glad the filmmakers kept the focus on Jackie’s movies and didn’t get into his personal life all that much. I really don’t care about the personal lives of celebrities so I think it was a really good decision. We also get to see plenty of clips from his fantastic films so it may help you know the Chan film library a little better. Also, we get to see some rare clips of fight scenes not available in all versions of some of his films. It’s particularly interesting to see the comparison of the American and Hong Kong versions of a fight from “The Protector”. This is a worthwhile documentary for Chan fans.